Month: October 2022

Union Minister of State (MoS) for Commerce and Industry, Anupriya Patel on Wednesday said that four new industrial estates will come up in Jammu Kashmir with an aim to ensure employment to the youth in the Union Territory. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of the function, Patel, as per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said that under the new industrial policy announced for JK, four industrial estates will come up in the UT shortly. “We are trying our best to ensure more and more industrial development here as we have set a massive target for the employment of the youth in Jammu  Kashmir,” she said, adding that the central government has provided every possible support in this regard. She also said that the unit allotment for the new industrial estates and applicati...

The Deputy Commissioner of Jammu has withdrawn the notification which authorised all tehsildars to issue certificates of residence to people residing in Jammu "for more than one year. This comes a day after the Jammu administration on Tuesday issued an order authorising all tehsildars to issue a certificate of residence to people residing in the district for more than one year. The purpose of the certificate of residence was to ensure that no eligible voter is left for registration in the ongoing special summary revision of electoral rolls. The new order read under the subject The Special Summary Revision 2022, acceptance of document for registration of electors, dated October 11 issued is withdrawn and be treated as void. The political parties including PDP, National Conference, ...

Terming latest order issued by Deputy Commissioner Jammu regarding inclusion of non-local voters in revised electoral rolls as arbitrary, CPI (M) leader Mohamad Yousuf Tarigami on Wednesday said that it is beginning of a wider plan to reduce the weightage of locals in order to change electoral demographics. In a statement issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Tarigami said that all parties and civil society groups must reject this arbitrary inclusion of no locals. “BJP designs must be defeated,” he said. Meanwhile Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said that giving voting rights to non-locals will be opposed. Talking to reporters at the sidelines of workers' meet at Khanbal Anantnag, Azad as per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said giving voting rights to n...

Acting tough against the illegal encroachments alongside roads in the town erected by the people and shopkeepers, the Team of Revenue, Municipality and Police today carried out a massive anti-encroachment drive at Bongam Shopian under the supervision of Deputy Commissioner (DC) Shopian. As per a press release issued to The Kashmiriyat, During the drive, the team demolished various unlawful temporary structures and other encroachments erected along the road and led to the retrieval of land from encroachers besides leading to the road widening. The move would be helpful in smoothening the traffic movement and would be an act of relief for the people. On the occasion, DC appealed to people to remove illegal encroachments within days and said in case of their failure to do so, drives ...

Authorities in south Kashmir’s Anantnag on Wednesday banned the movement of heavy goods vehicles on three inner routes, which lead to the Qazigund tunnel. In order, a copy of which lies with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) district magistrate Anantnag, Dr. Basharat Qayoom said that in view of the apple harvest season there has been a noticeable increase in the movement of heavy goods vehicles along all routes especially National Highway. The order reads that it has been reported that in order to avoid the rush on National Highway, the truck drivers adopt various inner routes to reach the Qazigund tunnel area, which leads to traffic jamming due to which the general public including patients suffer badly. It added that in the previous year, a child lost his life, as he c...

The Muthaida Majlis e Ulema- an amalgam of religious scholars from the valley has expressed resentment over admin's latest order to approve sale of beer in urban areas. MMU in a statement said that the amalgam unitedly seeks the withdrawal of the order. Meanwhile, Hurriyat Conference too expressed resentment over the order stating, "One on hand the current regime is claiming to win 'awards' for their drug-deaddiction campaigns and on the other, they are enabling an alcohol culture. Such moves will add more fuel to the simmering fire in Kashmir. They must be stopped now before it's too late." Condemning the NIA raids at Moulana Rehmatullah Qasmi’s house, MMU said, "The raid is aimed at scaring MMU so that they are stopped from safeguarding the interests of the Muslims of Jammu and ...

Lambasting at the central government over the inclusion of non-local voters in JK's voter list, the Former Chief Minister of Jammu Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti took to Twitter and said the "settler colonial" project had started in Jammu Kashmir with Election Commission's latest order. On Tuesday, the Deputy commissioner of Jammu called for the registration of non-locals who have been living in Jammu for more than a year in Jammu Kashmir's voter list. The order accessed by The Kashmiriyat read that any of the documents including Water/Electricity/ Gas Connection for one year, Aadhar Card, Current Passbook of Nationalized/ Scheduled Bank/ Post Office, Indian Passport, Revenue Department’s Land Owning Record including Kisan Bahi, Registered Rent/ Lease Deed (in case of Tenant), Registered Sal...

Suhail Dar A 40-year-old man died of an electric shock at his home in the Brah Ranipora area of Shangus in south Kashmir's Anantnag district. Family members speaking to The Kashmiriyat said that on Wednesday morning, Abdul Majeed Wagay received an electric shock inside the washroom of his house and fell unconscious. "Nobody was inside the home when he received the shock. When the family members came to the house he had already passed away," they said. A carpenter by profession, Majeed is survived by three daughters and a son, the eldest being a 13-year-old girl. The Locals gathered in large numbers to attend the funeral of the deceased and asked the local admin to compensate the family that is left with no bread-earner now.